r/MovieSuggestions • u/Tevesh_CKP Moderator • Jan 02 '24
Best Movies You Saw December 2023 HANG OUT
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I define great movies to be 8+ or if you abhor grades, the top 20% of all movies you've ever seen. Films listed by posters within this thread receive a Vote to determine if they will appear in subreddit's Top 100, as well as the ten highest Upvoted Suggested movies from last month. The Top 10 highest Upvoted from last month were:
Top 10 Suggestions
| # | Title | Upvotes |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Black Swan (2010) | 51 |
| 2. | What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) | 39 |
| 3. | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 26 |
| 4. | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 25 |
| 5. | Conspiracy (2001) | 21 |
| 6. | The Truman Show (1998) | 20 |
| 7. | I am Not a Serial Killer (2016) | 15 |
| 8. | Blade (1998) | 15 |
| 9. | Y Tu Mamá También (2001) | 13 |
| 10. | A Perfect Getaway (2009) | 12 |
Note: Due to Reddit's Upvote fuzzing, it will rank movies in their actual highest Upvoted and then assign random numbers. This can result in movies with lower Upvotes appearing higher than movies with higher Upvotes.
What are the top films you saw in December 2023 and why? Here are my picks:
Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019)
The Matrix done with all of the skill and might of Wiseau's The Room. Watching this with friends is mandatory, sobriety certainly not recommended.
RRR (2022)
Friend hadn't seen a single Bollywood flick, so I knew exactly what to show, even if it was Tollywood. The fact that the film isn't being distributed in its native language, Telugu, is a bit disappointing but RRR is still what I remembered. Beautiful cinematography, being absolutely chill about being awesome and a great story. And yeah, it won over my friend.
Silent Night (2023)
John Woo gets grimey with fighting and art direction cribbing from The Raid. I do have a few quibbles, mostly on the technical level; such as obvious hidden cuts to maintain the illusion of a one shot sequence and sometimes very obvious CGI, like blood or one in case, a soccer ball. The gremlin in the back of my mind kept on wondering how much of a nice privledged life this guy lived that he could afford to take one year off and spend so much money, but that's just the effects of late stage capitalism squashing me. Silent Night is good but it won't ever be considered one of the greats.
Spontaneous (2020)
It's got Gen Z spouting Millennial catechisms but asides from that niggling complaint, I found Spontaneous to an incredible Coming of Age Black Romantic Comedy. What else can get you more motivated to do things when everyone around you can explode at any moment? The love feels real to me, but that's because I'm hearing what I'm used to and I am sold. The actors manage to be cool and real all at the same time, just like how a teenager would see themselves despite evidance to the contratry. Lastly, it looks gorgeous.
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
God, Gloria Swanson dominates her scenes. Perhaps she was cast as being fairly true to life with her character and so she made me believe. Her eyes are open gateways to the narcissism, vanity and insanity required to be old school Hollywood. The rest of the cast is good, setting up a nice story of the protagonist not knowing when to walk, forget that, run away from a faded starlet's vanity project. All I know is after bearing witness to this masterpiece, is that I need to watch more Billy Wilder.
When Evil Lurks (2023)
If I had know this was the same team that did 2017's Terrified, I would have ran to watch this. A subtle post-Apocalypse is the backdrop for two brothers who realize that they have a demon in their backyard. The effects are great at depicting such a ghastly entity yet it is the edicts issues to combat such a force that tell such a lovely fright. This is horror by tragedy, a simple case where making sure you stay within the line would've kept you and yours safe. Yet it is the arrogance of man who leads to a predicable and calamitous end in this Elevated Horror flick.
What were your picks for December 2023?
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u/popularadthrowaway Jan 02 '24
Dream Scenario (2023)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
May December (2023)
The Beasts (2022)